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lectric Cool Aid: Acid Testing
Fresh off the success of the 8 Mile film and soundtrack, Proof is in the studio putting the finishes touches on his new 6 song vinyl EP, Electric Cool Aid: Acid Testing due out in December 17, 2002. The two sides vinyl EP (side L and side SD) will build momentum for his solo debut album tentatively titled, "Searching 4 Jerry Garcia" scheduled for February 2003. There are some really unusual names attached to the album project so look out for coming announcements.
The EP features MC Breed on "One,Two," Journalist and Mo on "Broken" and Marv, J-Hill, and Bareda on "X Fam." The record will be released on Proof's label, Iron Fist, distributed by AMC - American Music Corp.
-Kevin
Promatic Tracklisting
The Promatic Tracklisting is here...
1. Intro
2. City Of Boom
3. Tear This Bitch Up
4. Makin' Moves - (featuring Royce Da 5'9")
5. Waffle House
6. Shoot At You
7. Do What I Wanna Do
8. We Don't Like You
9. Dirtiest, The
10. Detroit What?
11. Oh Boy!
12. Sick
13. Long Road Thru Hell
14. Feel Good
15. Take Me Away
16. Dogmatic's The Name
17. Take Me Back
18. Two Of Me
The tracklisting appears on BestBuy.com
-Kevin
Promatic Release Date
There's finally a release date set for Proof's project Promatic. The release date is set to August 27. The album will be available worldwide through I.F. Records/KOCH Distribution. For more information about Promatic check ther DertyHarry.tk Crew section, and check out Promaticworld.com(Open Soon).
Props to Derty Jason for this info.
-Bullet
July Update
It's been a long time since I updates this site, sorry for that, but here are some updates:
First, as most of you probably already know, Proof's solo album, Searchin For Jerry Garcia, is set to come out on November 26th 2002.
Second, there is an official Proof Street Team lauched. It's located @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bigproof/. Go check it out.
-Bullet
Strike
Knice.com recently had an interview with Strike of the Lab Animalz.
He said he was gonna be on the ProMatic album, and he had a single coming out on Game records.
The single is called Da 4 Horsemen and will feature Proof, Bizarre and Royce Da 5'9".
Some people may have already heard the track(you can check it out here), but look for the offical release o the single in the future.
-Bullet
Proof & Lola Damone Track
Check out the Audio Section of http://www.LolaDamone.com for a new Proof track called 'Bounce Bounce'
-Kevin
Promatic & RAW Collection
Promatic is gonna appear on RAW Collection's album, entitled Private Circle. the song is called We Here.
The full tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. Private Circle
3. Talk That Shit Now feat. Swift
4. U Niggaz Iz Shit
5. Drinks Down
6. Nobody But...
7. I'm In Love feat. Swift
8. High Powered
9. No Explanation
10. No Questions by The Rabeez (Swift & Mr. Wrong)
11. Walk Like A Pimp
12. Speak For Yourself
13. R.A.W. feat. Swift
14. We Here feat. Promatic
15. Outro
The album will be available only in detroit stores, but can be ordered online @ SwiftyMcvay.com
Props to 313Mix for this info.
-Bullet
Upcoming appearances
Proof is gonna appear on Dj Butter's new mixtape Badussy with a song called Motor City Blues, wich is gonna be produced by Dj Butter. Proof is also gonna appear on Wesley Valentine's debut album, Action Speaks Louder Then Words on a song called You Will Die. You Will Die is the Act A Fool Pt. 2 that was supposed to be on Dj Butter's mixtape Shit Happens but it got scraped from the final tracklisting. You Will Die and is also produced by Dj Butter.
Props to Dj Butter
-Bullet
Proof Interview
Proof of D-12 Speaks Out |
by - by Mark Eastbase |
4/5/02 2:22:03 AM |
Proof: "I'm about creating jobs for people."
After moving from his inner city Detroit residence to a new nice suburban
crib 20 minutes outside of downtown Detroit, Proof has had an opportunity to
sit back and take into account all the things he's learned in the industry
over the last few years.
With the scattered success of "Devil's Night", Proof states the next D12
album will not happen until 2003. "If you think about it, we got the new
Shady album coming out in May, a tour for it from July until September, the
movie ('8 Mile') coming out in September. We're all over that soundtrack.
Obie Trice has an album this year as well. We're busy all the time."
Obie Trice, premiered on D12's 'Devils Night' album has his own solo joint
dropping this year, "He's the spokesperson for Shady Records in the streets
out here. That's his job. I like creating jobs for people."
This doesn't mean it's taken him away from his own focus, which is his solo
career "The album is called 'Searching For Gerry Garcia' and I've started
working on it already, it's going to come out in 2003 as well."
"The album will feature Nelly Furtado, Mike from Linkin Park, The Gorillaz,
7 Dust and of course D12." With the interesting rock/rap collabos, I had to
question them "I just make music. I don't go out and say 'I'm a rapper, I
have to work with other rappers, and do a strictly rap album' and basically,
besides the Roc-a-Fella Camp, Dre's camp, and the Outkast camp, there's no
one else I'm feeling right now."
With the collabo with Nelly Furtado it seems Proof and D12's much publicaly
amped 'beef' with the pop side of the world has been dying out. "They're
just people. We're just people. I'm not doing it to sell. If I was then I'd
have Backstreet Boys, fucking NSYNC, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera
all over my album." That's not to say the 'beef' isn't done and finished,
either "There's no real reason why I don't like those people. I don't know
any of them. I just don't like their music. People tell me 'Oh Elton John is
a fag, you shouldn't like his music', fuck that. So what if he's a fag?
There's Elton John songs I love to tears. Same with George Michael. He
masturbates in public, that doesn't stop him from making great songs."
And Nelly doing a track with NSYNC? "That's just people. Some people get on
with others. They could have a lot in common. I don't really know. Maybe I'd
have a lot in common with them, too."
It seems the media representation of people as artists has a detrimental
effect, and illusive effect of sorts. "I'm on the internet every day. And
what pisses me off is I go to my own site and post something and
motherfuckers say (puts on a funny nerd-like voice) 'Oh that's not you, you
wouldn't be on the internet talking to us little kids'. Fuck that, I was on
the internet before the album dropped, of course I'll be on it after. It's
like they're driving me away from my own shit. And I can't tell them (same
nerd-like voice) 'Oh it's me because my mother's name is Shirleen' because
those kids wouldn't know any different."
But the price of fame works both ways "I remember I never used to like
Leaders of The New School (Busta Rhyme's first rap group, assembled by
Public Enemy's Chuck D), but Maurice Malone (clothing designer) bought them
to Detroit - must have been about 93 or 94 - and I got to meet them. And
they were so cool. They were the coolest fucking people I have ever met. It
changed my whole perspective and I went out and bought all their albums
right afterwards."
The inside scoop on Eminem's new album? "I'm gonna tell you some exclusive
shit. no one else knows this. The album is bananas! It's crazy. Expect the
same stuff Eminem has bough tin the past, just a lot more mature. If you
think Eminem has spoken on every topic you can think of, he brings some new
ones. The skills and the talent are even more evident on this one. The only
guest spots are Obie Trice, D12 and Nate Dogg. No one else. There's also a
lot more diss tracks on there. But I can't tell you who, that's a surprise."
Article takin from DaveyD.com
-Bullet
Proof Launching His Clothing Line?
Big Proof will be launching his own clothing line this summer called SQUO 1800, he promises to keep it as inexpensive as possible :) theres a website on SQUO 1800 Click Here unfortunatly its just a welcome page so far, but at least we know its coming soon...
-Kevin
More News on Proof's Solo Album
Big Proof has recently posted a message on the D12 World Message Board about his solo album..
" My solo deal is signed
It's with warner wea
The Name of my LP will
be Searchin' 4 Jerry Garcia!!
I'm N the studio with 1st Born
and Guilty of the dreadnaughts
right now!!!"
Click Here for the thread
-Kevin
Shit On You (Rock Remix)
on dj butters latest cd there is a rock remix of the track 'Shit On You' You'll be happy to know that proof drops a verse and you can peep it (currently in mp3 format) at the audio section of this site under 'D12 Audio'
-Kevin
I'll Shyt On Proof
For those of you who want to hear the Proof diss track, I'll Shyt On Proof from Lo Key & La Peace, click here.
-Bullet
Proof on White Boy Ric
White Boy Ric recently entered into a studio session with detroit hip hop icons, Paradime, and Big Proof D12... Needless to say, they could have rapped over a pencil tapping a desk and it would have been ill... But whats better, is the track is produced by Salom Wreck (D12, and Obie Trice's DJ)... What is even Sicker, than SICK. Is detroit legend, Razor Ray of HARMS WAY played the guitar tracks... White Boy Ric debut LP "White Trash Superhero" coming this summer... With the single "No Announcement w/Proof of D12 and Paradime..
Props to WhiteBoyRic.com
-Bullet
Proof's Solo Album
Proof will release a solo album somewhere Summer 2003, but first the ProMatic EP will be released February/March 2002 and then the ProMatic LP Summer 2002.
Props to Dirty Dave from D12world.com
-Bullet
TOTP Interview
This is an interview taken from TOTP Magazine. Props to Dirty UK from D12world for this.
Proof's in the pudding!
'Oh, damn, I gots to talk straight now I'm rapping to Top Of The Pops!' Yes, even the hard-core-rapping, Eminem-hangind D12 man PROOF has the jitters when he talks to us!
Your band's been together for ages now - what's your secret?
I got a big-ass boxing glove! Any of them step out of line or try to make a decision for themselves? I draw that sucker on them!
What does it take to be a member of D12?
This is real simple. All you need is a complete lack of any good qualities whatsoever! You need to have no scruples and no morals. If you can put your hand on your heart and swear you're no good, then you're alright with us!
Hmmm, OK. Was it tricky to find the right kind of members?
Nah, it was real easy. We were all breaking through as MCs around the same time and we just figured that however strong we all were in our own right, that was nothing compared to how strong we could be together, you know? We were all busting out in different directions, but we thought we'd be able to keep our own (bleep) down and just be bigger and better if we formed a group! We were right too - things have just become uglier since then!
Has anything changed since you started the band?
Our situation has changed quite a lot, but the formula hasn't. We still strive to be the sickest and illest group on the planet, but we're playing shows all over the world and making records with people like Dr Dre these days. We always wanna stay the same - never change!
What's the story with the D12 tattoos - do you all have them?
Kon Artis and myself were the first to get a D12 tattoo. It was my idea for everyone to get one! You need to have total commitment to this group and the tattoos prove it.
Is there anything you wouldn't do to prove your loyalty?
Let me see. I'd do pretty much anything really because this group's my life, but within reason, of course. I mean, there are some things I could never do, loyalty or not. I'd never lick ass or anything like that!
Do you still hang out together when you're not working?
I guess this is one of the things that has changed about the group. We're still tight and stuff but we don't hang out a lot at home any more. We're spending so much time together on the road now and everyone needs a bit of their own down time. There's only so much craziness a man can handle, you know what I'm saying?! Mind you, you try to be all sensible and go to your hotel room, but then someone will pull out a bottle of Hennessy (Cognac) and it all goes to (bleep) from then on!
What makes you laugh?
If I really wanna see something really funny I just turn on the news - all that sick stuff they show is just hilarious!
How do you keep your music fresh?
We write it in all kinds of ways. Sometimes we'll all sit down together and work on rhymes. Someone might come up with one thing then the rest of us will work on it at home or we'll freestyle in the studio. There are no rules, you know. We just take in everything around us and use it - that's how we stay ahead.
Have people expected D12 to live up to Eminem's success?
Yeah, but we always made a real point of letting people know that D12 is a band and we're going to do our thing and drop our own sound.
Is it stressful having such a megastar in your band?
Not at all. Me and Em have been together for ever and I've been out on the road with him since he dropped. He's my best friend so it ain't stressful at all. When people talk to us now, they always wanna know about Em and stuff, but that's cool cos at least they're interested. This ain't Eminem's band though. It belongs to all of us and he's one of us!
Any plans to go solo yourself?
Oh yeah, but that's for the future. At the moment the plan is just to batten down the hatches and get D12 where we need to be. But I know ya'll will be hearing some solo Proof material sometime soon.
So you're a D12 man as long as you wear the tattoos, right?
Damn right! As long as we have air in our lungs and blood pumping round our bodies. You don't leave this band - ever.
-Bullet
Proof on Obie Trice LP
Proof is gonna appear on Obie Trice's LP, which is still untitled, together with Kuniva and Mr. Denaun Porter from D12. Mr. Porter also produced it, and it's gonne ba called "U".
-Bullet
Proof's Abandon Projects
Proof's Abandon Projects is an underground solo project Proof did a long time ago. It's gonna be released in 3 volumes. It just tells the history and what Proof was thinkin' at the time.
-Bullet
Proof Diss-track
Lo Key and La Peace from Detroit have beef wit Proof, and they made a disstrack, named "I'll shyt on Proof".
-Props to BigProof.com for this info.
-Bullet
ProMatic
Ok..here's some new info bout Promatic. It aint a Proof solo album, but a colab album of Proof & Dogmatic. Here are the songs, not in the right order
1. Whuts beef
2. Tear this bitch up
3. We dont like U feat. Obie Trice
4. I'll Shootat cha(proof solo)
5. 2way Jackin'
6. Promaticness(dogmatic solo)
7. They dont care about us feat. Mad Kap
8. Feel Good
9. Waffle House feat. J.U.S.T.
10. Where my bitches at
11. Sneak Preview feat. Mad Kap, 5-ela, Styker, King David, undataka, cha chi, obie trice
shimmy bango, wes chill, P groove
12. Do wot I wanna
13. Long Road thru Hell
-Bullet
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